It's an ambitious target - 30% of cars being electric by 2030.
All agree for it to be met, the charging infrastructure needs to be ramped up.
Key to that is finding a solution for those people who want to switch to electric, but do not have their own driveways - making cheaper home charging a real challenge.
It is an issue being grappled with by authorities in Ireland and beyond, who want to avoid the sight of cables being strewn across public footpaths, creating trip hazards and liability concerns.
In the London borough of Bromley, officials have rolled out a cross-footway scheme that could offer one solution.
They have been installing shallow channels into the ground which stretch across the public footpath.
The charging cable runs from the home, is tucked into the gully, covered by PVC rubber, and plugged into the car.
It is removed when not in use. The idea is to avoid creating a trip hazard.
John Trendler lives in a terraced house in Bromley and had a channel installed a couple of years ago.
He says he has no complaints and it saves him money as the domestic rate he pays is cheaper than going to a public charging point.
"We've got a public path here, and we had no way of charging it, so it was actually a case of going to local charging units which is quite expensive ... it's been an absolute saving in terms of cost and flexibility and easy way of doing it.
"I think local public charges are getting on for 90p a kilowatt, whereas home here you do an overnight rate of 7p a kilowatt."
Mr Trendler has not looked back.
"I've had a few people knock on the door and ask where I got it from because they're interested in EVs themselves and have a similar problem where they can't charge them without putting cables across public footpaths."
Bromley Council says the scheme has been a success.
Around 50 of the channels have been installed at a cost to the resident of £1,000.
Conservative Councillor Simon Fawthrop is responsible for transport and the environment at the council.
"We introduced the scheme for two main reasons," he says.
"First of all, there are people that want electric vehicles, and if they want them, they deserve to be able to have them, but not everybody has the facilities to charge them at their own home, if they’re in a terraced house. So, it helps those people actually get access.
"Secondly, it makes sure that our streets aren't cluttered, so people who are blind etc can actually walk smoothly.
"People who push chairs can travel the streets without having trip hazards all over the place, which sometimes happens," Cllr Fawthorp says.
However, a report into the cross-footway scheme for the London boroughs has raised concerns.
It said there was an absence of detailed national standards for the design, installation and maintenance, which hinders authorities from developing consistent policies.
It also said that further guidance was needed on managing electrical risks, planning requirements, and the impact on streetscape infrastructure.
The report also said that the scheme is not suitable for all situations, with high footfall areas unlikely to be appropriate, and they may cause tension among neighbours over car parking spaces.
Tom Muckian, lives in a terraced house in Dundalk, Co Louth, and is thinking of switching to a plug-in car to save money.
"Everybody's aware of what's happening in the Middle East at the moment, and the impact on fuel prices, and the way that they've shot up in the last month or two months. So there's that consideration."
He is, though, constrained by his surroundings.
"The difficulty we have is we're on a terraced street, with very little in the way of front garden space, and the difficulty would be being able to charge it regularly and conveniently and easily."
Mr Muckian is calling for a "greater urgency" from authorities to act to help people like him.
In a statement, the Department of Transport said that it recognised the challenges faced by those without access to off-street parking and was committed to finding a solution.
Cross-departmental work is under way, with a framework due to be published later this year, it said.
The department added that a pilot project involving public chargers was in place in a number of locations.
